Papal Tour
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‘Work to be done’: 1 year after residential schools apology, Vatican rejects Doctrine of DiscoveryResidential school survivors in Canada have called for the Doctrine of Discovery to be rescinded for generations. Advocates weigh in on the impact of the Vatican's statement.CanadaMar 30, 2023
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The Pope’s tour is over. Here’s what some Indigenous Peoples want Canadians to take awayThe reconciliation tour is over. Global News asked Indigenous witnesses and their allies what they want non-Indigenous people in Canada to take away from Pope Francis' penitence.CanadaAug 5, 2022
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New Brunswick residential school survivors on ‘giving back all that pain’ to Pope FrancisSurvivors of the Shubenacadie residential school said they were "kidnapped" and imprisoned at the institution together, and attended the papal tour together "as family."CanadaAug 5, 2022
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First Nations witnesses reflect on faith and spirituality during Pope’s visit"Religion? I don’t trust that anymore. I want to hear from some other guys like me," said Quebec residential school survivor Norman Kistabish on the Plains of Abraham.CanadaJul 31, 2022
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‘Our people needed us’: Reflections from First Nations youth as Pope’s tour wraps up"We're here to give them the medicine and strength they'll need to get through today," said Abigail Brooks of Sitansisk Wolastoqiyik in New Brunswick.CanadaJul 29, 2022
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‘My mom’s dream’: An intergenerational survivor on why she and her daughter needed to see the PopeLike many others attending the “penitential pilgrimage” on Monday, Sherry Mitchell’s focus was not on herself or the Pope, but on her mother and her 12-year-old daughter, Bella.CanadaJul 25, 2022
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‘This is our moment’: Phil Fontaine on significance, expectations for Pope’s visit to CanadaResidential school survivor Phil Fontaine and lawyer Kathleen Mahoney are days away from their third encounter with a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.CanadaJul 24, 2022
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